Comments on: “Ji Hain! Lahore!”

By: Radhika

Radhika — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:16:45 +0000

Baroda in Michigan…would love to visit it some day….

By: Annon

Annon — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:35:14 +0000

Theres a Patna in Scotland!!

By: Vikatakavi

Vikatakavi — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:06:56 +0000

Who forgot Salem?

By: Red Snapper

Red Snapper — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:39:38 +0000

There's a quirky film script in this story. Like Paris,Texas, but spicier.

Kobayashi, I make you the man for this task.

By: Zobaria

Zobaria — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:30:53 +0000

Pitras Bukhari (Lahore ka jaghrafia: The Geography of Lahore) can now say "I told you so, Lahore would expand so much!"

By: Francis C. Assisi

Francis C. Assisi — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:02:34 +0000

Here’s the link for the article Hindostan, Indiana: Uncovering a Slice of American History http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=010707061644

By: Mr Kobayashi

Mr Kobayashi — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:07:14 +0000

Anus, Indonesia.

Bald Knob, Arkansas.

Clit, Romania.

And that's just the first three letters of the alphabet. Get your kicks.

Don't miss Poo. Speaking of which, there's this strange bit of business:

Their son Randeep, then 22 years old, went into the bazaar in Poo, Kinnaur's main town, where he came across a crowd of 500 people standing around a woman rolling around on the ground screaming, as a magician tried to drive a demon out of her. He walked past, thinking that nobody would listen even if he said something. Then he heard a voice speaking to him, saying "Randeep, Randeep, Randeep. If you don't pray for this woman, I will use someone else."

File that in the dept. of wtf.

By: desishiksa

desishiksa — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:58:05 +0000

Lahore, Virginia is in my neck of the woods. I might have to pay it a visit, especially if they acquire a good desi restaurant.

By: chick pea

chick pea — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:45:00 +0000

vij: now i must go visit this town in austria. that is pretty darn funny.

By: Francis C. Assisi

Francis C. Assisi — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:24:56 +0000

looks like y’all, Sepians and SAJAers, didn’t notice my article ‘Hindostan Hamara’ in the August 2004 issue of NY-based Mantram magazine (now defunct). http://202.87.40.54/mantramol/viewdetail.php?filename=newsreport070820040219020.htm&repid=SPR200487219&repcode=SPR

Hindostan Hamara
Issue : Aug 04

38Â°37’28″N 86Â°51’3″W

Those are the co-ordinates that will place you in Hindostan, Indiana. As the Indian Independence Day approaches, letÂ’s indulge our nostalgia a little with the tale of this once-flourishing town right here in America.

Unknown to most Indians and Americans, the Hoosier State proudly sports a historic town of Hindostan, a Hindostan Falls, a Hindostan Church and a Hindostan Park, all of it connected by, you guessed it, a Hindostan Road.

Historians, who are only now piecing together the shards of local history, say that Hindostan, founded around 1816, was the first White settlement in Martin County, Indiana. But its downfall was quick and tragic.

Ragen Pruneau, a local librarian and amateur historian, recalls the stories his grandfather told him while he was young: Â“He told me of the great town of Hindostan. He said that this town sprang up very quickly and died just as fast. He explained that the reason for the demise of the town was a Â‘great sicknessÂ’ that spread over the landÂ…no one was completely sure what the disease was that could wipe out an entire town.Â”

More details can be found this week at indolink.com